Decontamination Systems Information and Research Program. Quarterly technical progress report for period, April 1--June 30, 1994
This progress report summaries current status of Decontamination Systems Information and Research Programs. Most of the projects are on schedule and most have not varied from their original objectives. The Sensor project has been redirected toward use of clathrates, but the overall objective of developing a useful specific sensor has not changed. The insitu remediation project is now fully underway. The soil flotation project was delayed for a short time by the inability to produce an appropriate plutonium oxide surrogate from cerium oxide. The mercuric iodide project could use some photoluminescence spectroscopy analysis to find traps in the crystal. One of the most interesting accomplishments was work on dechlorination. Fenton`s reagent was found to dechlorinate PCBs to the dichlorobipheyl. Project titles are the following: In situ bioremediation of chlorinated organic solvents; microbial enrichment for enhancing in-situ biodegradation of hazardous organic wastes; treatment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using biofilters; drain enhanced soil flushing (DESF) for organic contaminants removal; chemical destruction of chlorinated organic compounds; remediation of hazardous sites with steam reforming; soil decontamination with a packed flotation column; use of granular activated carbon columns for the simultaneous removal of organics, heavy metals, radionuclides; monolayer and multilayer self-assembled polyion films for gas phase chemical sensors; compact mercuric iodine detector technology development; evaluation of IR and mass spectrometric techniques for on-site monitoring of volatile organic compounds; a systemactic data base of the sate of hazardous waste clean-up technologies; dust control methods for in-situ nuclear and hazardous waste handling; winfield lock and dam remedication; socio-economic assessment of alternative environmental restoration technologies; waste management education and research consortium (WERC) National environmental design.
- Research Organization:
- West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC21-92MC29467
- OSTI ID:
- 10188455
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/29467-3877; ON: DE95001325; TRN: 94:009344
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Aug 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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